Susan Strauss has been a professional portrait artist for over eighteen years and her portraits hang in almost two hundred corporate, public and private collections throughout the United States. Her classical portrait training began at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, where she received an MA and BA cum laude with Honors. She continued her art studies at the Art Students League, School of Visual Arts and National Academy of Design in New York City and later in New England at the Cape Cod School of Art and Hartford Art School.

An interview with Susan about her portrait work was featured in American Artist and her paintings have appeared in American Art Review, The New York Times, Connecticut Magazine and the New York Law Journal. Alma Collins, writer for Connoisseur magazine, wrote: "Portrait artist Susan Strauss has won a distinguished position in her chosen area of specialty with her excellent record of awards and achievements. The personal attention which Ms. Strauss gives to each subject brings the canvas to life with portraits that truly reflect the unique character and personality of each subject."

Susan's portraits have been displayed at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. She has had one woman shows in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. She is a charter member of the American Society of Portrait Artists and the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists and is represented by A Stroke of Genius.

Susan writes: "To me the challenge of portrait painting is not to just create a likeness and reveal the character of the subject, but to create an elegant painting that stands on its own merit with style, beautiful colors, textures and good composition".

Susan feels grateful to the many artists who have shared their skills and experience with her. In her classes at a state college in Connecticut, she is passing along her knowledge. An article in the September 2008 Congress Chronicles features many of her paintings and an interview about her painting and teaching careers.

Susan Strauss has her studio in North Granby, Connecticut.